Asus VivoTab Smart Motherboard Replacement

Place the device face down on a flat surface.

Remove the back panel with the plastic opening tool by sliding the tool around the edge of the panel.

Unplug the ribbon that connects to the camera by pulling outward on it with tweezers.

Remove the silver plate that sits on top of the camera lens.

Use tweezers to grab the speaker cable near the white plug and pull to disconnect it.

Gently pull outward on the ribbon to with tweezers to disconnect it.

Peel back the tape covering the ribbons.

Unplug the 3 ribbons by pulling outward on them with a pair of tweezers.

Remove two 2.7 mm Phillips #00 screws holding down the pressure plate.

Use tweezers to lift back the battery connector, which is located directly under the pressure plate.

Remove seven 3.7 mm Phillips #00 screws.

Remove one 2.7 mm Phillips #00 screw.

Slide the tweezers under the motherboard and lift up to remove the motherboard.